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<DIV><SPAN class=791293409-16112004><FONT color=#0000ff>Human virus could cause
flu, VD, ...etc.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=791293409-16112004><FONT color=#0000ff>Difficult to imagine
what will happen to computers if infected?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT size=2>Thanks.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT size=2>Walter.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT size=2>---------</FONT></DIV>
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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
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[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>nsjacobus@yahoo.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 16, 2004 8:26
AM<BR><B>To:</B> ExI chat list<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [extropy-chat] Warwick:
Could future computer viruses infecthumans?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<P>Why not? It would obviously depend a lot on the nature of the interface
itself. If the interface is sufficiently general so as to be able to
dynamically generate code, why not? </P><BR>
<P>Pretty cool, if you ask me. Ever read Cory Doctorow's short story
"0wnz0red" ? If not, please do:
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/08/28/0wnz0red/. </P><BR>
<P>Cheers </P>
<P>NJ </P><BR>
<P>On Nov 15, 2004, at 7:03 PM, Walter_Chen@compal.com wrote: </P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>So human virus will infect computers also?</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>Thanks.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>Walter.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>---------</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>From: extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org [</FONT><FONT
color=#000ee0 size=2>mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org</FONT><FONT
size=2>] On Behalf Of nsjacobus@yahoo.com</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 7:13 AM</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>To: ExI chat list</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] Warwick: Could future computer
viruses infecthumans?</FONT> </P><BR><BR><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>Why not? A virus, whether biological or computer-based, is
really just</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>a logic machine. Such a virus would be able to cross from a
digital</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>logic medium to a biological one. The effects of such a
virus would</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>differ depending on whether the virus is currently infecting
a</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>biological-system or a computer, but this is very much like
biological</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>viruses when they pass across species.</FONT> </P><BR><BR><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>On Nov 15, 2004, at 5:51 PM, Adrian Tymes wrote:</FONT>
</P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>--- nsjacobus@yahoo.com wrote:</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>> Well, I think the idea is that eventually</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>> computer/human interfaces</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>> will consist of some sort of data-port that
connects</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>> directly into the</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>> human nervous system. If so, then computer viruses</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT size=2>> could indeed have a</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>> deleterious effect on humans.</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>Yes, but this is not "computer viruses and biological</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT size=2>viruses becoming one and the same" even if they can</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT size=2>affect the same target.</FONT> </P>
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<P><FONT size=2>Cheers,</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>Nige</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>--</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2> A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan
an invasion,</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>butcher a hog, design a building, write a sonnet, set a
bone, comfort</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>the dying, take orders, give orders, solve equations, pitch
manure,</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently,
die</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>gallantly.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>Specialization is for insects.</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2> -- Robert Heinlein</FONT> </P><BR>
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<P>-- </P>
<P>A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher
a hog, design a building, write a sonnet, set a bone, comfort the dying, take
orders, give orders, solve equations, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a
tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. </P>
<P>Specialization is for insects. </P><BR>
<P>-- Robert Heinlein</P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>